ar·te·sian well
(är-tezhən)
(är-tezhən)n.
A well drilled through impermeable strata to reach water capable of rising to the surface by internal hydrostatic pressure.
[Frenchartésien, fromOld Frenchartesien, of Artois, fromArteis, Artois, France.]
artesian wellA water table higher than the well ensures water pressure will consistently force water into the well.
- uncoated
- uncoil
- uncollected
- uncomfortable
- uncomfortableness
- uncomfortably
- uncommercial
- uncommitted
- uncommon
- uncommonly
- uncommonness
- uncommunicative
- uncommunicatively
- uncommunicativeness
- Uncompahgre Plateau
- uncompensated
- uncompetitive
- uncompetitively
- uncompetitiveness
- uncomplaining
- uncomplainingly
- uncompleted
- uncomplicated
- uncomplimentary
- uncomprehending